teek
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of teek
C21: Punjabi
Example Sentences
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There was the old-fashioned square piano in its carven case, and cabinets from China or East India; also a lacquered Japanese screen, marble-topped tables of filigreed teek, brackets of inlaid ebony.
From In the Footprints of the Padres by Charles Warren Stoddard
Me boy," said O'Halloran to me, affectionately, "ye haven't had so much ixpayrieence as I have, so I'll teek the liberty to give ye a small bit of instherruction.
From The Lady of the Ice A Novel by James De Mille
Miss Joolia," he exclaimed, with what was intended for a polite bow, "I hope you will pardon me for this third liberty I teek in offering to spake to you.
From The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton
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